domingo, 27 de mayo de 2018

BOY (CAPTAIN HARDCASTLE)

VOCABULARY
  1. Write ten words from this chapter.
  2. Write their definitions and the sentences where they appear.

lunes, 14 de mayo de 2018

BOY (HOMESICKNESS)

VOCABULARY

Write ten words from this chapter. Write their definitions and the sentences where they appear.


VIDEO
Watch the video and take notes.

lunes, 7 de mayo de 2018

BOY (THE MATRON)

VOCABULARY

Write ten words from this chapter. Write their definitions and the sentences where they appear.


VIDEOS
Watch the videos and take notes.





LINK: What does the name Soap Opera come from?

jueves, 26 de abril de 2018

BOY (WRITING HOME)

VOCABULARY
Write the definitions and sentences where these words appear: habit, binding, spine, neatly, peering, lousy, thrashed, leaning over, masters, subtle.

WRITING LETTERS
Watch the videos and take notes. 



martes, 24 de abril de 2018

BOY (FIRST DAY)

VOCABULARY

Write the definitions and sentences where these words appear: pier, paddle-steamer, trunk, peg, cunning, magnet, slugs, abustle, grin, glistened, linger.

DRAW A MAP
Locate Dahl´s family home and Dahl's school. Draw the route he would follow  from his house to the school with his mother.


lunes, 16 de abril de 2018

BOY (A VISIT TO THE DOCTOR)

VOCABULARY
Write the definitions and sentences where these words appear: Adenoids, surgery, grim, mug, steel, steam, apron, enamel, blade, tumbling, yelp, lumps, gasping, flannel, groggy, tonsils.


WATCH THE VIDEOS AND TAKE NOTES







lunes, 9 de abril de 2018

BOY (THE MAGIC ISLAND)

VOCABULARY

  1. Write ten words that you learned from this chapter.
  2. Write the sentences where they appear.
  3. Look them up in a dictionary and write their definitions.
  4. Watch the video. Make a list of the islands and the reasons why they are dangerous. Draw a map and locate the islands.



miércoles, 4 de abril de 2018

BOY (GOING TO NORWAY)

VOCABULARY

  1. Write ten words that you learned from this chapter.
  2. Write the sentences where they appear.
  3. Look them up in a dictionary and write their definitions.


jueves, 22 de marzo de 2018

BOY (MRS PRACHETT'S REVENGE)

QUESTIONS:
1. How were they punished?
2. How did Dahl's mother react?
3. What resulted because of this incident?

VOCABULARY:
Choose ten words from this chapter that you don't understand, look them up in a dictionary and write their definitions.

BOARDING SCHOOLS
What are the pros and cons of boarding schools? Write four advantages and four disadvantages of sending children to boarding schools. 


viernes, 2 de marzo de 2018

BOY (THE BICYCLE AND THE SWEET-SHOP)

  1. What are the two moments Dahl can recall from the Llandoff School he attended  from age 7-­‐9?
  2. What is “ratitis”? Is it real?
  3. Describe some of Dahl’s favorite candies.



VOCABULARY
  1. Flourishing
  2. Slope
  3. Whirring
  4. Whizzing
  5. Bizarre
  6. Lecture
  7. Cauldron
  8. Coil
  9. Sucked
  10. Scabs


lunes, 19 de febrero de 2018

BOY (KINDERGARTEN)

1. What happened to Dahl’s family in 1920? Would this have likely happened today? Explain.
2. How did Dahl’s mother respond to that incident?
3. How did Dahl get to kindergarten?


miércoles, 14 de febrero de 2018

BOY (PAPA AND MAMA)

1. On page 11, Dahl discusses how both his grandfather and father were much older when they became a father. How would it feel to have your father/grandfather so much older than you? Do you think it would be good or bad? Why?
2. What “ingenious instrument” did Dahl’s father invent? Why?
3. What is a shipbroker?
4. What significant event happened to Dahl’s father after moving to Cardiff?
5. What are the “glorious walks” Dahl’s father insisted on having?










jueves, 18 de enero de 2018